Cult Leader Gets Death In Tokyo Subway Gas Attack

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February 27, 2004

TOKYO -- Former doomsday cult guru Shoko Asahara was convicted and sentenced to death today for masterminding the deadly 1995 nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway and a string of other crimes that killed 27 people. Asahara, who founded and led the Aum Shinrikyo cult, also was charged with ordering his followers to produce and stockpile arsenals of conventional and chemical weapons.